Activating GNAS1 gene mutations in patients with premature thelarche

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-222

  Román, Rossana ^a   Johnson, María Cecilia ^a   Codner, Ethel ^a   Boric, María Angélica ^a   Ávila, Alejandra ^a   Cassorla, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Chile ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Arg; Arginine; Cys; Cysteine; E2; Estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; FSH; G s protein; GNAS1; GnRH; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; IGF 1; Stimulatory G protein, alpha subunit; Stimulatory G protein, alpha subunit gene

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CELL DNA; HISTIDINE;

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GNAS1 GENE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MENARCHE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 3342886382     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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